Index of Pluscarden Benedictines Articles
Some 20 years prior to Pluscarden Benedictines, two editions of the Liber Pluscardensis were published in 1949, costing 2d.
No. 1 August 1949
Craftsmanship Br Cuthbert Swarbrick & ‘w.h.c.’ Walls have ears Fr Illtyd Thomas Holy Rule Fr Maurus Deegan Our Lady of Scotland (poem) Margaret Winefriede Simpson Linocuts Fr Ninian Sloane
No. 2 December 1949
On the lost Woodwork Fr Prior (?) Towards a Monastic Humanism Opus Dei (Life of Abbot Marmion Pt. 1 Dom Thibaud Carol for Homecoming (poem) Margaret Winefride Simpson
Pluscarden Benedictines
No. 1: Whitsun 1968
Editorial & News Editor St Aelred of Rievaulx: the Scottish Aspect D. Alberic Stacpoole
No. 2: Holy Cross 1968
Editorial & News Editor The Monastic Dilemma D. Hubert van Zeller “The Sound of Music?” D. Adrian Walker, Organist Book Reviews D. Hildebrand Flint & D. Bruno Webb
No. 3: Christmas 1968
Editorial & News Editor The Benedictine Nuns of Dumfries The Dunbars and Pluscarden A Monk of Pluscarden Book Reviews Frs Maurus, Camillus, Bruno, Alfred The Shepherd of the Flock was Born (poem)
No. 4: Spring 1969
Editorial & News Editor The Problem of Vocations D. David Parry, Ramsgate “How many Pipes?” D. Adrian Walker Future Events Book Reviews St Aelred of Rievaulx D. Bruno Webb Frère Meinrad Eugster, Homme de Dieu (Bk)
No. 5: Summer 1969
Editorial & News Editor Parousia: Wait for the Coming of the Lord Benoit de Moustier, Carthusian Minster Abbey Reclaimed Sr John Baptist
No. 6: Autumn 1969
Editorial & News Editor A New Monastic Bulletin Rt. Rev. Abbot de Floris The Seminary of Scalan Alexander MacWillian Book Reviews D. Hubert van Zeller, DAS, D. Aldhelm Cameron-Brown, Dr A. Wallace
No. 7: Winter 1969
Editorial & News Editor The Burning Bush Ralph Russell OSB Book Reviews D. Bruno, D. Maurus, D. Alfred
No. 8: Spring 1970
Editorial & News Editor St Thomas of Canterbury Gilbert Hill OFM Cap. Book Reviews D. Bruno, Frater Figulus Community Life (Letter to Subiaco Cong.) D. Gabriel Braso, Abbot President
No. 9: Summer 1970
Editorial & News Editor European Conservation Year School for Prayer by Archbp Anthony Bloom S. Boshakoff Book Review: A Place for You – P. Tournier Peter Field Book Review: The Psalms said Daily Fr Gregory Walsh
No. 10: Autumn 1970
Editorial & News Editor Obituary for V. Rev. Canon Aeneas Macrae DMD Laudate Dominum, Omnes Gentes D. Francis Johnston St John the Baptist (homily) D. Bruno Webb The Fruit of the Tyburn Tree D. Camillus Warner
No. 11: Winter 1970
Fr Prior’s Letter D. Alfred Spencer Two Ways of Loving St Ambrose Barlow 1585-1641 Monastic Jottings Book Reviews D. Bruno Webb
No. 12 Spring 1971
Fr Prior’s Letter D. Alfred New Life from Old (Letter from Italy) Abbot Gabriel Braso Book Reviews D. Ninian, D. Alfred, Br Hildebrand, Abbot Gabriel Braso The Essential Condition of Renewal Abbot Gabriel Braso
No. 12 bis: Summer 1971
Fr Prior’s Letter D. Alfred Squares of the Church, Unite D. Hubert van Zeller Our Lady of Aberdeen The Pilgrimage of Our Lady of Aberdeen D. Bruno
No. 14: Autumn 1971
Fr Prior’s Letter D. Alfred Italian Monastic Memories Canon Ronald Pilkington Silver Jubilee of the Abbot Primate Need for the Interior Life Music at Pluscarden Br Adrian Book Review Fr Maurus Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 1: St Augustine’s, Ramsgate
No. 15: Winter 1971
Fr Prior’s Letter D. Alfred Holy Father’s Address to the Monks of Subiaco Pope Paul VI Tre Fontane Abbey in Rome S. Bolshakoff Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 2: Abbey of SS Peter & Paul, Dendermonde, Belgium
No. 16: Spring 1972
Fr Prior’s Letter D. Alfred Abbot Peter Casaretto 1810-1878 D.D.P. “A Real Thriller”: Underground Catholicism in B.R.W. Scotland – Peter Anson Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 3: Abbey of St Teresa, Lazcano, Spain
No. 17: Summer 1972 (Subiaco Centenary)
Fr Prior’s Letter D. Alfred The Monastic World Centenary Reflections Abbot Gabriel Braso, Abbot President
No. 18: Autumn 1971
Fr Prior’s Letter D. Alfred Music at Pluscarden Br Adrian News from Other Monasteries A Martyr’s Link with Pluscarden Dr L. Macfarlane Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 4: Abbey of OL of Montsarrat (College of St Bede, Manila, Phillipines)
No. 19: Winter 1972
Fr Prior’s Letter D. Alfred Aid to Overseas Monasteries After a Hundred Years Abbot Gabriel Braso Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 5: St Scholastica’s Abbey, Dourgne, France
No. 20: Spring 1973
Fr Prior’s Letter D. Alfred East Grange Mill D. Adrian A Stuart King at Subiaco King Henry VI & the Order of St Benedict Rt Rev. Mgr C. H. Parsons Twenty-Five Years Ago – from our Annals Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 6: The Abbey of St Guénolé, Landévennec
No. 21: Summer 1973
Fr Prior’s Letter D. Alfred Shantivanam Fr Bede Griffiths The Moray String Orchestra D. Adrian St Andrews University Choir Book Reviews Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 7: St Michael’s Abbey, Farnborough
No. 22: Autumn 1973
Fr Prior’s Letter D. Alfred “Ask for the old paths … and walk therein” D. Francis Johnston OSB Monks and the Priesthood Pope Paul VI Book Review: St Mgt of Scotland & Hungary D.F.J. Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 8: The Sacro Speco, Subiaco, Italy
No. 23: Winter 1973
Fr Prior’s Letter D. Alfred The First Woman University Graduate Five Men in a Volkswagen Aid to Overseas Monasteries Book Reviews The Call of the Desert From Analecta Cartusiana Br Giles Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 9: The Abbey of St John the Evangelist, Parma
No. 24: Spring 1974
Fr Prior’s Letter D. Alfred Aid to Overseas Monasteries Book Review: Regle de St Benoit ‘Aujourd’hui’ D.G.C. Monastic Poverty Abbot Gabriel Braso Five Men in a Volkswagen cont. A Prayer for our Time Conrad N. Hilton Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 10: Abbey of St Marie, Pierre-qui-Vire, France
No. 25: Summer 1974
Fr Prior’s Letter D. Alfred From Cockburn’s Circuit Journeys Contrd. P. Conacher Five Men in a Volkswagen cont. Music Sacred and Profane D. Adrian Book Reviews Br Giles Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 11: Abbey of Samos, Spain
No. 26: Autumn/Winter 1974
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Pluscarden’s First Abbot in Almost 750 Years Five Men in a Volkswagen cont. Book Review; Conferences on the Rule D.G.C. Music’s Sweet Variety D. Adrian A Fatherly Presence Robert P. De la Vacquerie, Bp of New Orleans Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 12: Abbey of St Benoit sur Loire, France
No. 27: Spring 1975
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Benedictines Then and Now Dennis Doughty From Cockburn’s Circuit Journeys Contr. P. Conacher Farming Nuns in Vietnam Book Review: Praying the Life of Christ – Ludolphus the Carthusian B.G. Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 13: St Ambrose, Rome
No. 28: Summer 1975
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Last Letters from Cambodia and Vietnam Transl. Br Giles Pilgrimage to Pluscarden Dr Serge Boshakoff Book Review: Medieval Manscript Library of the Charterhouse of St Barbara in Cologne Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 14: Abbey of Hekelgem in Belgium
No. 29: Autumn 1975
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Solesmes and Abbot Guéranger 1805-1875 Book Reviews A Pilgrimage to Pluscarden cont. Dr Serge Boshakoff Our Purpose and Method Abbot Aelred Carlyle OSB Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 15: Abbey of St Justina, Padua
No. 30: Winter 1975
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Aelred What Would St Benedict Do? From Eugene Manning, Collect. Cister-ciencia Book Review: La Chartreuse de Selignac A Pilgrimage to Pluscarden cont. Dr Serge Bolshakoff Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 16: Abbey of St Godelieve, Bruges, Belgium
No. 31: Spring 1976
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Br Duthac Gray OSB, d. Jan.12, 1976 Fr Maurus A Monastery in Sweden Setons Then and Now Dennis Doughty Random Thoughts on the Rule of St Benedict Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 17: St Scholastica’s Abbey, Subiaco, Italy
No. 32: Summer 1976
Death of Rt Rev. Michael Foylan Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Setons Then and Now Dennis Doughty Monastic Prayer Today Abbot Gabriel Braso From Tyburn to Peru Mother M. Xavier, Mother General Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 18: Abbey of Our Lady of Belloc
No. 33: Autumn 1976
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred The Mystery of the Church in Sacred Scripture Elizabeth Rhynd No. 1: The Origin of the Vine The Seton Portraits Book Review: The Charterhouse of Serra San D. Hugh Gilbert Bruno Monastic Prayer Today cont. Abbot Gabriel Braso Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 19 Abbey of Kornelimünster, Germany
No. 34 Winter 1976
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Dom Bruno Webb d. Sept. 30, 1976 Dom Maurus Letter to a Young Monk from a Parish Priest Return to the Centre – Bede Griffiths Reviewed D. Chrysostom Alexander Birnie Kirk and its Organ Br Adrian The Mystery of the Church in Sacred Scripture Elizabeth Rhynd No. 2: Sharing ‘the Lot’ of the Saints in Light Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 20: Abbey of St Godelieve, ‘Ten Putte’ at Gistel
No. 35: Spring 1977
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Book Reviews:The Charterhouses of Mauerbach, D.A.S Gaming & Aggsbach Vita Christi of Ludolph of Saxony D. Giles Conacher The Mystery of the Church in Sacred Scripture Elizabeth Rhynd No. 3: The Grain of Mustard Seed Abbot President’s Advent Letter, Rome 1976 Abbot Gabriel Braso Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 21: Bbey of Our Lady of Montserrat
No. 36: Summer 1976
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred A Letter from Fr Bede Fr Bede Griffiths The Mystery of the Church in Sacred Scripture Elizabeth Rhynd No. 4: Prophets and Apostles Abbot President’s Lent Letter, Rome 1977 Abbot Gabriel Braso Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 22: Abbot Isidore Tell Abbey of St Mary, Praglia
No. 37: Autumn 1977
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred The Mystery of the Church in Sacred Scripture Elizabeth Rhynd No. 5: The Meaning of Predestination Abbot President’s Lent Letter cont. Abbot Gabriel Braso Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 23: Abbey of S. Giorgio, Venice
No. 38: Winter 1977
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Abbot President’s Lent Letter concl. Abbot Gabriel Braso Book Review: The 14th Century Mystics Br Bede Analecta Cartusiana Vols. 40 & 57 D.A.S. Pope Paul to the Benedictines Pope Paul VI Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 24: Abbey of St Michael, Siegburg, nr Bonn
No. 39: Spring 1978
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred The Last Message of Fr Abbot President Abbot Gabriel Braso Inter Monastic Aid Book Reviews: Poetry of Robert Southwell; Br Bede; DAS Analecta Cartusiana 38 A Last Christmas Present Br Adrian Mystery of the Church in Sacred Scripture No. 6: Elizabeth Rhynd Predestination of Our Lady as Mother of God Jottings: The Blessing of an Abbot Pope Paul to the Benedictines cont. Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 25: Abbey Nullius of Pietersburg, Transvaal
No. 40: Summer 1978 Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred The Mystery of the Church in Sacred Scripture Elizabeth Rhynd No. 7: Mary as Prototype of the Cross Pope Paul to the Benedictines cont. The Monastery and the Local Church Fr Willibrord Witters OSB Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 26: Abbey of SS Peter & Andrew at Novalesa
No. 41: Autumn 1978
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred The Mystery of the Church in Sacred Scripture Elizabeth Rhynd No.8: Mary, Mother of the Church The Monastery and the Local Church cont. Fr Willibrord Witters OSB Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 27: New Norcia, W. Australia
No. 42: Christmas 1978
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Death of Donald Grant Dom Maurus On the Use of Scripture for the Nourishment of Elizabeth Rhynd our Faith A Happy Event at the Abbey D. Adrian The Monastery and the Local Church cont. Fr Willibrord Witters OSB Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 25: Abbey of St Benedict, Koubri, Upper Volta
No. 43: Easter 1979
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred The Abbey Bells Dom Drostan Some Thoughts about the Old Testament Elizabeth Rhynd The Monastery and the Local Church cont. Fr Willibrord Witters OSB Book Review: The Charterhouse of Jerez de la DAS Frontera The Witness of a Chinese Abbot Pierre Celestian Lou Tseng-Tsiang OSB Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 26: The Abbey of Affligem
No. 44: Summer 1979
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Inter Monastic Aid Book Reviews: Analecta Cartusiana misc. Why do Catholics lack Interest in the Bible? Elizabeth Rhynd The Monastery and the Local Church cont. R Willibrord Witters OSB Torchbearers for St Benedict Pope John Paul II Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 27: Abbey of Notre Dame de Protection, Valognes
No. 45: Autumn 1979
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Listen to the Voice of St Benedict Pope John Paul II Indirect Approach Malcolm Love On the Value of the Bible for Catholics Elizabeth Rhynd Book Reviews: Analecta Cartusiana Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 28: Abbey of S. Maria della Castagna, Genoa
No. 46: Christmas 1979
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Listen to the Voice of St Benedict cont. Pope John Paul II Thoughts about Our Lady in Relation to Elizabeth Rhynd Ourselves No. 1 ‘Hail Mary’ The Ninth Lord Forbes News from Other Monasteries Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 29: Abbey of Our Lady at Tournay
No. 47: Spring 1980
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred St Benedict of Nursia Book Reviews: Analecta Cartusiana A Deeside Missionary Thoughts about Our Lady in Relation to Elizabeth Rhynd Ourselves No. 2: ‘Full of Grace’ Book Review: Households of God, the Rule of St. DGC Benedict with Explanations for Monks and Lay- people Today by David Parry Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 30: Monastery of St Mary, Bouake, Ivory Coast
No. 48: Summer 1980
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred ‘The Death of Baldur’ Dom Adrian Thoughts about Our Lady in Relation to Elizabeth Rhynd Ourselves No.3: ‘The Lord is with Thee’ Book Reviews: Analecta Cartusiana St Benedict of Nursia cont. Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 31: Abbey of Our Lady of Venière
No. 49: Autumn/Winter 1980
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred 750th Anniversary Appeal for Restoration of Chancel Concert Reports Aid to Overseas Monasteries Books Reviews: Analecta Cartusiana Scalan Dom Mark Thoughts about Our Lady in Relation to Elizabeth Rhynd Ourselves No. 5: ‘Blessed is the Fruit…’ Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 32: D.P.M. St Mary’s Abbey, Finalpia
No. 50: Spring 1981
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Thoughts about Our Lady in Relation to Elizabeth Rhynd Ourselves No. 4: ‘Blessed art Thou…’ The Benedictine Connection Dom Hugh Abbey of S. Maria della Scala, nr Noci, Bari G. Lunardi OSB Book Reviews: Analecta Cartusiana D.A.S.; H.G.; Br Bede
No. 51: Summer 1981
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Aid to Overseas Monasteries Hospitaller Monks and Nuns Pilgrimage to Deer Thoughts about Our Lady in Relation to Elizabeth Rhynd Ourselves No. 6 ‘Holy Mary, Mother of God…’ A Musical Evening Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 34: Abbey of St Peter & Our Lady, Prinknash Book Review: DE PATRE: De Sancto Benedicto D.H.G. et Patre in Christiana Civilizatione
No. 52: Autumn 1981
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Aid to Overseas Monasteries News from Other Monasteries Book Reviews: RB 1980; Analecta Cartusiana; Dom Hugh Liber Cantuale; Christ our Light Dom Giles St Sylvester, Abbot and Monastic Founder Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 35: Abbey of St Benedict, En Calcat
No. 53: Winter 1982
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Monastic Life in Poland Today The Queen’s Head, Pluscarden D.A.S. Book Reviews: Menelogia Silense; The Vale of D.A. Pluscarden & other Poems Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 36: St Mary’s Priory, Fernham
No. 54: Spring 1982
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Mother Monica Slorach OSB Pluscarden Papal Bull D.A.S. Aid to & News from Other Monasteries Book Reviews: Analecta Cartusiana D.H.G. Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 37: Monastery of the Ascension, Dzogbegan, Togo
No. 55: Summer 1982
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Aid to Overseas Monasteries Knight of St Gregory Dom Mark Analecta Cartusiana D.H.G. Visit of Pope John Paul II to Edinburgh D.G.H. Book Review: A Word in Season Vol 1 D.G.C. Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 38: Monastery of SS Peter and Paul, Agrano
No. 56: Winter 1982
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred News from and Aid to Monasteries Book Review Analecta Cartusiana D.H.G. The Benedictine Nuns, Dumfries A Sign of our Times D.G.C. Polyglot Polyphony Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 39: Monastery of El Paular
No. 57: Winter 1983
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred St Frances of Rome D. Hugh Our Purpose and Method The Benedictine Nuns, Dumfries Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation Abbey of Monte Vergine
No. 58: Spring 1983
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Michael (Cyprian) Iwene Tansi O.C.S.O. D.B.K. The Benedictine Nuns, Dumfries Book Reviews: New Latin-English Missal; Cloud D. Giles; D. Mark; D. Bede of Unknowing; Thomas Traherne Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation: Abbey of St Peter, Borutta, Sardinia
No. 59: Summer 1983
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred The Benedictine Nuns, Dumfries Antonio Stradivarius Dom Adrian The Holy Year D. Hugh Bete des Haterialismus: Der Iteg ins Dritte B.S.B. Jahrtausend Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation: No. 40 Abbey of St Michael de Cuxa
No. 60: Autumn 1983
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred The Sheffield Youth Choir D. Adrian Life in the Cells Fr Giles New Liturgical Books from Solesmes D.G.C. Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 41: Monastery of Christ in the Desert, New Mexico
No. 61: Winter 1984
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Book Review: Analecta Cartusiana D.H.G. The Sound of a Bell Around the Monastic World Book Review: Abt Johann Nepomuk Rotter Aid to Overseas Monasteries Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 42: Mother Agnes, Prioress Monastery of the Assumption, Dzogbegan, Togo
No. 62: Spring 1984
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred De Praxi Medica Book Review: Three Grandfathers Aid to Overseas Monasteries Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 43: S. Maria di Miracoli, Casalbordino
No. 63: Summer 1984
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred A Letter from Rome Fr Anselm Aid to Overseas Monasteries Analecta Cartusiana D.H.G. The Altenburg Boys’ Choir Br Michael Easter at Abbey of La Madonna della Scala, Noci Dennis Doughty Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 44: Priory of St Michael the Archangel, M. Gargano
No. 64: Autumn 1984
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Dom Ninian Sloane OSB Review of 2 Articles by Dr Erhard Meissner Fr Symeon Benedictine Community Dumfries Gyrovague’s Journal D.G.C. Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 45: Abbey of Keiserberg, Leuven
No. 65: Winter 1985
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Report on Concert D. Adrian Congress of Abbots to Benedictine Oblates Aid to Overseas Monasteries Dumfries Priory Vera Icon Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 46: Monastery of Estibaliz
No. 66: Spring 1985
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Music at Pluscarden Abbey D. Adrian Aid to Overseas Monasteries Easter at Real Monasterio de San Juan Bautista, Dennis Doughty Valfermoso de las Monjas, Guadalajara Book Review: Romanesque Scotland Sounds and Songs 1 Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 47: Monastery of Masina Maria, Mahitsy
No. 67: September 1985
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Dom Sylvester and Elgin Aid to Overseas Monasteries Bela Bartok University Choir of Budapest D. Adrian ‘Catholic and Orthodox Fathers’ (Rule 9) Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 48: Monastery of Our Lady of Koubri
No. 68: December 1985
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Impressions from India Fr Maurus Books for the Liturgy Succisa Rivirescit Fr Giles The Charterhouse in Spain D.H.G. Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 49: Monastery of S. Marie de la Boenza
No. 69: March 1986
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred A Letter from Ghana Fr Maurus Book Reviews: Analecta Cartusiana; D.H.G. William Elphinstone by Leslie MacFarlane Dom Mark Aid to Overseas Monasteries More on Val-S-Benoît
No. 70: June 1986
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Sojourn in Ghana Fr Maurus Urquhart Priory 750th Anniversary Book Reviews: Seeking God First; Analecta Cartusiana: The Borders & Provence D.H.G. Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 50: St Peter’s Abbey, Steenbruge
No. 71: September 1986
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Analecta Cartusiana D.F.D. Emmanuel Caronti 1882-1966 D.H.G. Pilgrimage to Melrose Br Michael Pipes and Drums D.G.C. Worclaw University Technical Choir D.A.W. Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation: Monastery of St Vincent, Monforte
No. 72: December 1986
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Aid to Overseas Monasteries James Bonnyman 1913-1986 RIP Wool and Whisky Br Michael Return to Subiaco Br Fidelis Pope John Paul II at St Anselmo St Mary’s Monastery, Petersham
No. 73: March 1987
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Book Reviews: Gregorian Chant D.G.C. Anniversaries and Exiles D.G.C. Easter and the Seal of Pluscarden D.S.B. Monte Cassino and Subiaco: SIAC Conference Dennis Doughty A True Israelite D.A.A. Divine Providence Monastery, Kumasi, Ghana
No. 74: June 1987
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Book Review: John Ross of Pluscarden D.M.S. Our Purpose and Method D.H.G. Monastic Prayer Aid to Overseas Monasteries Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 52: Santa Maria de la Epifania, Usme, Bogota
No. 75: September 1987
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Beekeeping at Pluscarden D.B.H. Norwegian Young Women’s Choir D.M.de K. St Gregory the Great Fr Cyril Writes (Petersham) Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 53: Mon. of St Benoît des Sources, Zagnado, Benin
No. 76: December 1987
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Cassian and Smaragdus at Ramsgate D.B.H. Concert of the Scottish Ensemble D.M. de K. A Monastery for Ghana Tibetan Monks’ Visit to Pluscarden D.M.S. Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 54: Mon. de la Bonne Nouvelle, Bouake, Ivory Coast
No. 77: March 1988
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Gaudeamus Igitur D.B.H. Book Reviews: The Glory of Thy People. A Fr Symeon Conversion Story and Hammer and Fire; Analecta Cartusiana; D.H.G. The Benedictine Way; D.H.G. Augustine of Hippo and his Monastic Rule D.H.G. Aid to Overseas Monasteries The Abbotsford Monstrance
No. 78: June 1988
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Petersham Book review: Old Testament Priests and the New D. Anselm Priest Peace and Tranquillity Forever D. Benedict Aid to Overseas Monasteries: Ghana Book Review: Breeding the Honey Bee D. Benedict Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 55: Monastery of St Benedict, Haiti
No. 79: September 1988
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Aid to Overseas Monasteries Kilwinning Abbey and the Decline of the DAF Scottish Monasteries Analecta Cartusiana; Word and Spirit 10 DHG The Fruit Season Summer Concert DMdeK Book Review: Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of DBK the English People. A Historical Commentary by J.M. Wallace-Hadrill Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 55: St Mary’s Monastery, Petersham
No. 80: December 1988
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Gyro D’Italia DGC The Force of Love:Recording of Gregorian Chant DMdeK The Ghana Monastery Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 56 Abbot Eduardo Africa OSB Monastery of the Transfiguration, Malaybalay
No. 81: Spring 1989
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Monks and Maronites Br Finbar Two Journeys from Wales to Scotland DAS Inter-Monastic Aid Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 57: Marcelo de Barros Souza, O.S. B. Prior of Goias Goias, Brazil Sonnets from Salzburg DHG
No. 82: Summer 1989
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred The Stamps of the Vatican DBK Inter-Monastic Aid All the King’s Men DFB St Gilbert of Sempringham DAS Cosmos by Loius Bouyer DHG Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 58: The Abbey of Montemario, Rome
No. 83: September 1989
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Russians Sing at Pluscarden DMdeK Work DSB Sailing to Byzantium DFB Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No.59: Kristo Buase Opening
No. 84: December 1989
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred New Constitutions DBH Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No.60: Chauveroche Book Reviews: St Benedict for the Laity; Ever DGP Present Lord
No. 85: March 1990
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred News from our Monastery in Ghana Fr Mark Building Developments Reviews: Clothed with the Rays of the Sun DMdeK Word & Spirit 11 The Armenian Church DFB Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation No. 61: Monastery of Our Lady of Solitude
No. 86: June 1990
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred The Hill Field Meditation delivered by the Moderator of the Rt Rev. Prof. Robert Davidson Church of Scotland Books and Things DHG Plans and Progress
No. 87-88: September-December 1990
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Abbot Dyfrig Rushton 2nd Abbot of Prinknash Pluscarden Abbey West Wing: Excavation of DAF West Range St Symeon the Young DSB Processu Conversationis DBH Messiah for All DMdeK Aberdeen International Youth Festival DAW Book Reviews: Gregorian Missal for Sundays; DGC Word and Spirit 12: St Bernard of Clairvaux M-JP Monastery in Nigeria Appeal and Building News
No. 89: March 1991
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Cistercian Nuns for Wales DAS From Monk to Bishop DCB Book Review: The Genius of John Henry DHG Newman by Ian Ker; Analecta Cartusiana Halfway to Heaven on Route 32 DFB
No. 90: June 1991
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Fyne Musick at Pluscarden DBH And a Jam Session DMS The West Wing Book Reviews: A Word in Season IV; DGC The Celtic Vision; SMH The Table of the Lord; Journey to Jerusalem DGP
No. 91: September 1991
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred String Orchestra of Reykjavik College, Iceland DAW Pluscarden’s Oldest Book? DAS The West Wing: Richard Baker at Darnaway Castle Book Review: The Glory of the Lord V DHG Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation: Our Lady Queen Monastery, Ticklaw, Louisiana DAS
No. 92: December 1991
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Refectory and Choir DGC Apiary Notes DBH Book Reviews: Basili Regula; DGC The Sea Apostolate in the Port of London DBH
PB 93: March 1992
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred The Copts DFB Choir, Orchestra and Brass Ensemble of Gordonstoun School DAW Book Reviews: Word & Spirit: Asceticism Today DDR Spring at Pluscarden DMS The Regent Mortimer and Pluscarden DAS
PB 94: June 1992
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Alfred Creation for All DBH Liturgy for St Columba DAH West Wing Appeal Kristo Buase News DMS
PB 95: September 1992
Letter from Fr Prior Fr Hugh Dom Basil Robinson OSB DGC Dr Archie Wallace RIP DMD Book Reviews: The Shape of Catholic Theology; DHG The Book of Saints DGC
PB 96: December 1992/March 1993
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings Dom Alfred Blessing of D. Hugh Gilbert OSB as Second Abbot of Pluscarden DGC West Wing Appeal News Julian of Norwich – The Benedictine Connection DFB Book Reviews: Word & Spirit 14; DGP Analecta Cartusiana 99: 5-11 DDR
PB 97: June 1993
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings Dom Alfred Chant Notes DBH West Wing Appeal News St John in the Desert DAS
PB 98: September 1993
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Christian Presence in Arabia DAS Analecta Cartusiana DAF Homily for the 900th Anniversary of St Margaret Abbot Hugh The West Wing
PB 99: December 1993
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings Dom Alfred Studite Sisters in the Western Ukraine Book Reviews: Life of St Benedict; Word & Spirit Homily for the 900th Anniversary of St Margaret Abbot Hugh Pt II Caldey’s Oldest Retreatant? DGC The West Wing Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation: Monastery of St John the Baptist, Alton, Staffs. DDH
PB 100: March 1994
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings Dom Alfred West Wing News Book Reviews: Analecta Cartusiana; DGP Heraldry in the Vatican; Centred on Christ DAS; DMS News from Alton DDH Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation: Benedictine Abbey, Jamberoo, Australia A nun of Jameroo
PB 101: June 1994
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh West Wing Appeal: The Opening of St Benedict’s Messiah for All Musick Fyne Aberdeen “Friends” Priors of Pluscarden I DAH Book Reviews: To love fasting: the monastic experience; DBH Polyglot Cartusiana DAH Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation: Monastery of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, Lammermoor, Queensland, Australia A nun of Lammermoor
PB 102: September 1994
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Br Andrew Prescott OSB, RIP DGC Our Man in Ghana Br Meinrad Homily by Fr Anselm on the Assumption Priors of Pluscarden II DAH Book Reviews: The Undivided Heart; DCB Analecta Cartusiana DAS News from Alton DDH Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation: St Scholastica’s Benedictine Monastery ‘Peace and Joy Nigeria
PB 103 December 1994
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings D. Alfred Caldey Homecoming 1994 DGC News from St Mary’s Book Reviews: A Practical Guide to Spiritual DAF Reading; Benedictine Roots of Faith in Australia DAH
PB 104: March 1994
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings D. Alfred News from St Mary’s Andrew MacCallum’s Pluscarden Abbey DGC 1995 Pluscarden Pentecost Lectures DAF Book Reviews: The White Stone: The Spiritual Theology of John Henry Newman; DHG Varia Cartusiana DAH Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation: Monasterio Benedictino de Nuestra Señora del Tepeyac, Mexico City Sr Maria Teresa Fernández OSB, Prioress
PB 105: June 1995
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings D. Alfred News from St Mary’s Statistical Thoughts DAS Book Reviews: Adoremus; DGC Liturgical Music in Lutheran Benedictine DGC Monasticism; Word & Spirit 16 DAH News from Alton DDH
PB 106: September 1995
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings D. Alfred News from St Mary’s Dom Columba Wynn OSB 1909-1995 DHG Book Reviews: Benedictines in Troubled Times: Modern Benedictine Martyrs of El Pueyo; Dzieje Milosci Bozej DAF News from Alton DDH
PB 107: December 1995
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings D. Alfred News from St Mary’s Oblates DAF Apiary Notes DBH Lady Mary Percy OSB, Abbess of Brussels DAS Pluscarden Pentecost Lectures DAF Town and Gown? City and Habit? PMJP Book Reviews: Orders of Knighthood and of DAS Merit; Musick Fyne – Robert Carver and the Art of DBH Music in 16th Century Scotland; Analecta Cartusiana; DAH More Analecta Cartusiana DAF
PB 108: March 1996
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings D. Alfred Dom Barnabas Kerr 1919-1995 DHG Greyfriars, Elgin DAS Mediaeval Pluscarden, The West Range DAF Excavation Book Reviews: The Recollected Heart: A Monastic Retreat; Analecta Cartusiana DAH Bees in New Mexico Br Christian, Christ in the Desert
PB 109: June 1996
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings D. Alfred News from St Mary’s DGP Monastic Century DAH Book Reviews: The Suffering of Love; The Catholic Faith; A Plea for Purity DBH Monasteries of the Eastern Catholic Church: The Holy Transfiguration, Monks of Mt Tabor
PB 110: September 1996
Editor’s Jottings D. Alfred News from St Mary’s Monastery Blessed Ildefonso Schuster 1880-1954 DGP Diocesan Calendar 1997 Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation: Sadhu Benedict Math, Maheshwarapasha, Bangladesh D. Carlo & D. Premananda
PB 111: December 1996
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh News from St Mary’s Mille Miglia DGC Book Reviews: The Catholics and Their Homes; DAS Word & Spirit 17 DMS New Pipe Organ for Pluscarden Monasteries of the Eastern Catholic Church: Monastery of the Annunciation, Nazareth A nun of Nazareth
PB 112: March 1997
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings D. Alfred St Augustine of Canterbury & the Italian Mission DAH The Syrian Catholic Eparchy of Damascus Archbishop Joseph Mounayer The New Pipe Organ Book Review: Analecta Cartusiana DCB Monasteries of the Eastern Catholic Church: Benedictine Monastery of Chevetogne
PB 113: June 1997
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh News from St Mary’s Columcille or Columba of Iona c.521-597 DMS Letter from Pope John Paul II to Cardinal Hume for the 1400th Anniversary of St Augustine’s Arrival in Britain John Purves RIP DGC Major Colin Hunter RIP DGC The Road from Elgin to Pluscarden DAS New Pipe Organ: Progress Report Holy Trinity Church, Constantinople DAH Monasteries of the Eastern Catholic Church: Our Lady of Calvary, Mt of Olives, Jerusalem
PB 114: September 1996
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh A (Brief) Journey to the Western Isles DGC Underwater Beekeeping DBH Book Reviews: How Far to Follow? The Martyrs DGP of Atlas; Carthusian Miscellany DAH Progress on the New Organ Monasteries of the Eastern Catholic Church: Monastery of Emmanuel, Bethlehem
PB 115: December 1996
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings D. Alfred News from St Mary’s Br John Ogilvie van Overbeke 1911-1997 Fr Abbot Saint Adomnán DMS Blessed Columba Gabriel OSB DGP Book Reviews: Intorduction to the history of Exegesis I; DHG Analecta Cartusiana DAH Progress on the New Organ Monasteries of the Eastern Catholic Church: The Italo-Byzantine Monastery of Grottaferrata Stefano Parenti
PB 116: March 1998
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings D. Alfred News from St Mary’s DGC Benedictine Sisters in France Fr Etienne Ricaud, Abbot of Fleury Bee Jubilee DBH Progress on the New Pipe Organ Pluscarden to Santiago de Compostella Robert Furze Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation: St Mildred’s Priory, Minster Abbey, Kent
PB 117: June 1998
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings D. Alfred Br Bernard Morgan OSB 1920-1998 Fr Abbot A Visit to the Organ Workshop DMdeK Centenary Mass DAH Book Reviews: Analecta Cartusiana; DAH St John Cassian William Byrd DBK Monasteries of the Eastern Catholic Church: The Studite Nuns of Ternopil in the Ukraine Gregory’s Angels
PB 118: September 1998
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings D. Alfred Homily at Jubilee Mass Abbot Aldhelm Cameron-Brown Dom Edmund Fatt 1908-1998 DHG Installation of the New Organ DMdeK Fifty Years at Pluscarden: Commemorative Book Introduction to Gregorian Chant A Liturgy for St Columba Book Review: Guide des Monastères D’Europe DGC
PB 119: March 1999
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings D. Alfred News from America Br Bernard Osbaldston OSB; DBK Folk Music at Mass? DBH Reviews: Word & Spirit 18; DGP CD: In the Silence of the Word More Troubles in the Apiary Monasteries of the Eastern Catholic Church: Monastery of Unity, Yersé. Baabda, Lebanon
PB 120: June 1999
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings D. Alfred Pluscarden Building Plans South! With apologies to Shackleton DGC A concert Date for Your Diary New Monastic Foundations DAS Pluscarden’s Right of Sanctuary DAS Robert Schumann: Benedictine Statesman DAS Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation: Our Lady Queen of Peace, Ozumulo, Nigeria
PB 121: September 1999
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings D. Alfred William Murray Jack 1921-1999 DGC Concert: The Regensberg Domspatzen DBH Organ Recital DBdeK Book Reviews: Truthful Living; The Mystery of Christ made Present; DHG Sanity, Security, Sanctuary DBH
PB 122: Millennium 2000
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings D. Alfred Liturgical Celebration of the New Millennium DBH www.pluscardenabbey.org DGC Gardening under Polythene DMdeK The Third Pluscarden Abbey CD Reviews: The Mysterious World of the Fr Bernhard Stühler (trans. MNP Monasteries CD: The Byrd Edition Volume 3, Early Latin Church Music DBK A Benedictine Century DBH Monasteries of the Eastern Catholic Church: The Salvatorian Basilian Order
PB 123: Summer 2000
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings D. Alfred Hospitaller Canonesses Regular of the Mercy of Jesus of St Augustine News from St Mary’s DGP Community Millennium Pilgrimage to Iona DMS Melkite Liturgy at Pluscarden DAH Monastic Musicians at Pluscarden DBH A Benedictine Century Part II DBH Book Reviews: Analecta Cartusiana; DAH Listen my Son DBH Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation: Monastery of the Holy Cross, Chicago
PB 124: Spring 2001
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Editor’s Jottings D. Alfred Remembered in Blessing DGC “Varroa Destructor” DBH Book Reviews: Godfaring DBH A Life Pleasing to God D. Aldhelm Cameron-Brown Monasteries of the Subiaco Congregation: Our Lady of Calvary, Kerbénéat, Brittany
PB 125: Winter 2001
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Rt Rev. Dom Alfred Spencer OSB, 1st Abbot of Pluscarden DMdeK Recollections of Abbot Alfred Margaret Hunt, Raymund Hewlett OFM Cap, D. Anselm Atkinson OSB The Silences of Abbot Alfred Giancarlo Caronello Homily at Funeral Mass of Abbot Alfred Fr Abbot Community Conference of Abbot Alfred 4.03.88 News from St Mary’s D. Isidore Colm Impressions of a Visiting Monk Br Gregory Carling
PB 126 Easter 2002
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh A Ukrainian Catholic Monastery in Canada Br Timothy, Mount Tabor Monastery, California The 50 Days DHG News from St Mary’s From the Annals Book Reviews: That Mysterious Man: Essays on Augustine Baker OSB; The Essence of “Holy Wisdom”; Treatises on the Spiritual Life by Augustine Baker OSB; God Crucified: Monotheism and Christology in the New
Testament; Nazarena: An American DAH Anchoress; The Tripersonal God
PB 127: Autumn 2002
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh Monastic Profession DHG From the Annals Golden Jubilee of Ordination of Fr Maurus DGC News from Kristo Buase DMB News from St Mary’s DIC Book Reviews: A Journey with Jonah; The Election of the Pope Contemplative Life in Contemporary Scotland 1: Carmel DFB
PB 128: Winter 2002
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals The Great Moray Flood, November 2002 An Ancient Pear Tree DMdeK The Liturgical Year DHG 16th Century Pluscarden Documents DAH Love’s Chamber or Lady Chapel (poem) DDM A Visit to Albania Sr Benedict Gaughan, Minster Bede the Educated DBK Book Reviews: Cradle of Redeeming Love; DAA Ponder These Things : Praying With Icons of the Virgin; The Glenstal Book of Icons Contemplative Life in Contemporary Scotland 2: St Clare and the Poor Clares A Poor Clare
PB 129: Pentecost 2003
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC St John Cassian at Kristo Buase DMB Provincial Chapter Meeting at Pluscarden DMdeK Homily for Dom Adrian’s Golden Jubilee DHG The Constitutional History of Pluscarden Priory Abbot Mark Dilworth OSB Book Reviews: Stand up to Godwards; DGP The Unexpected Way; DMS “The ‘Gregorian’ Dialogues and the Origins of Benedictine Monasticism”; The Privilege of DBH; DAH Love Contemplative Life in Contemporary Scotland 3: Benedictine Monastery, Largs A Benedictine nun
PB 130: Autumn 2003
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Cashew, Cashew, Cashew DMB Restoring the North Cloister DGC The Blessing of Abbots and Abbesses DHG Something new at the top of the hill field DTC “A Good Deal of Calotyping” DPD Book Reviews: Journey back to Eden; DACB Aquinas and his Role in Theology; Discovering Aquinas DAH Contemplative Life in Contemporary Scotland 4: DRJ Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw
PB 131: Winter 2003/4
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Permaculture Project for Africa DAF Pont’s Picture of Pluscarden DAH Pluscarden and the Bishops of Aberdeen DPD The Immaculate Conception: The ‘British’ Contribution I DHG Book Reviews: The Royal Road to Joy; The Benedictine Handbook DBH Contemplative Life in Contemporary Scotland 5: St Clare’s, Dundee; Sr Barbara Buda Community of the Transfiguration, Roslin Br John Halsey
PB 132: Pentecost 2004
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals Easter in Africa Easter at Petersham The Immaculate Conception: The ‘British’ Contribution II DHG Adorning the Altar DMdeK The Eternal Word in Fragile Humanity DAA Book Reviews: The Ground of Union - Deification in Aquinas and Palamas; St Benedict and St Thérèse DBH Contemplative Life in Contemporary Scotland 6: Sister Mary Aidan SOLI Scottish Episcopalians
PB 133: Summer 2004
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals Br Gilbert Taylor RIP A Great Day for Kristo Buase Dom Patrick Obeng Nketiah News from St Mary’s DIC Breath, Energy, Spirit DFB The Cross and the Liturgy DHG The Altar Crucifix David Clayton A Distiller’s Tale DPD The Native Tradition 1: St Gildas
PB 134: Christmas 2004
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh News of Kristo Buase DHG News from St Mary’s DIC From the Annals The Prior and the Poet DPD Br Daniel Morphy: The Artist as Autojournalist Abbot Gilbert Jones 1926-2004 DHG Bec and the New Antiphonal DBH French Leave DGC Book Reviews: Gratia et Certamen; Shadowmancer; Camaldolese Extraordinary. The Life, Doctrine and Rule of Blessed Paul Giustiniani DAH
PB 135: Easter 2005
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals Easter at Kristo Buase DMB News from St Mary’s DIC Stanbrook Juniors’ Conference DAH Bach’s St John Passion at Pluscarden DMdeK Fr Alban Léotaud OSB (1909-2005) The Paschal Mystery DHG “Honey from the Comb” Book Reviews: La Congregazione Sublancense O.S.B. DDR “With the Spirit and Power of Elijah” DBH The Native Tradition 2: Columba of Iona DMS
PB 136: Summer 2005
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals News from Kristo Buase DMB News from St Mary’s DIC From Nelson to Anson DPD The Anchoritic Life DFB Book Reviews: Cassian and the Reading of DAH Egyptian Monastic Culture; The Rites of Brigid: Goddess and Saint; Researching your Graveyard; DPD Liber Antiphonale I – De Tempore DBH The Native Tradition 3: St Bede Scott DeGregorio
PB 137: Autumn 2005
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals Dom Maurus Deegan 1911-2005 Fr Maurus: Memories and Tributes Homily of Fr Anselm at St Mary’s Homily at Fr Maurus’ Requiem Fr Abbot Fr Maurus – In Thanksgiving AR; DBK; JB; JP A Man of Grace: A Cousin’s View CS Why Pray? Prayer – What is it? Why is it? How is it? Fr Maurus
PB 138: Christmas 2005
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals News from Kristo Buase AF News from St Mary’s DIC Monauchty Forest DAH A Taste of Zen DCB The Eucharist I DHG East-West Monastic Dialogue DBH Youth 2000 at Walsingham DBH Book Reviews: Time for God: A Guide to Prayer; Abortion & Euthanasia; DMJ The Irish Benedictines – A History; Sweet and Blessed Country DAH The Native Tradition 4: Alcuin Janet L. Nelson
PB 139: Easter 2006
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Congregation of Subiaco General Chapter 2004 Communion with God and the World: 1st World Congress of Benedictine Oblates 2005 Mgr Richard Moth Obl.OSB The Eucharist II DHG Book Reviews: Analecta Cartusiana; Monasticum Cartusiense; CD: Corpus Christi; DBH The Jealousy of Jonah; DDM From the Presence of God; DGP Being a Bishop in Scotland The Native Tradition 5: St Aldhelm Abbot Aldhelm Cameron-Brown
PB 140: Summer 2006
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC News from Kristo Buase DAF Br Mungo Aitken 1921-2006 Homily at Br Mungo’s Requiem DHG Rencontre Monastique – Monastic Encounter DTC Pluscarden, Painting and Prayer DMT Book Reviews: Compendium on the Catechism; DBH Bede: On Ezra and Nehemiah; DAH In Dogged Loyalty: The Religion of Poetry DGP The Native Tradition 6: Anglo-Saxon Missionary Mother Nikola, Minster Monks and Nuns
PB 141: Christmas 2006
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Adventum Dominicae Praedicationis DBK The Liturgy of the Eucharist DHG Kornelimünster Centenary A Duet Fr Prior; DDR Adventures with Apples DMdeK Book Reviews: The Letters and Diaries of DHG John Henry Newman, Vols IX & X; John Henry Newman: Fifteen Sermons Preached DPD Before the University of Oxford; Mind and Spirit: Spirituality and Psychology in Dialogue; Brave New Science: A Challenge to Faith? DHG On the Immaculate Conception; DBH The Letters of Adam Marsh DGP
PB 142: Easter 2007
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Pluscarden Monastic Retreat News from Kristo Buase DGC Br Nicholas Miller 1918-2007 Homily at Br Nicholas’ Requiem Fr Abbot Restoration of the North & West Cloisters DMdeK Sacramentum Caritatis DHG Aelred Carlyle in Scotland DPD Book Reviews: The Great War for Civilisation; DDM A Whisper of God: Essays on post-Catholic Br Thierry M. Marteaux OSB (Rostrevor) Ireland and the Christian Future; Art and Devotion in Late Medieval Ireland; A Cairn of Small Stones; DPD Walled about with God DBH The Native Tradition 7: Lanfranc and the Monks DAF of Bec
PB 143: Summer 2007
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Homilies for the Silver Jubilees of Fr Abbot and DAH; Br Gregory Fr Anselm The Birds of Pluscarden DMdeK, DMS, DBH, DHG Mother Izydora Kaliska OSB 1870-1935 DIC Monastic Experience Retreat 2007 DAH The Native Tradition 8: St Anselm DAA
PB 144: Autumn 2007
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Provincial Chapter DHG “Remember, Lord” – The Liturgy of Death DHG A Visit to Mount Stuart DPD Book Reviews: The Slow Release Miracle DFB The Cameron Collection DPD The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition DAH Temple Theology. An Introduction DAH The Native Tradition 9: St Aelred DAM
PB 145: Spring 2008
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC The Seminarians of Buta DHG The New Antiphonal Visit of Jaan-Eik Tulve DBH Pluscarden Pentecost Lectures 2008 From the Library DAH The Native Tradition 10: Gundulf DPD
PB 146: Summer 2008
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC A Slice of Subiaco in Vietnam DTC To Pluscarden Sr Laurentia Johns, Stanbrook Abbey Appreciating the Liturgy Dom Cuthbert Brogan, Abbot of St Michael’s Abbey, Farnborough The Native Tradition 11: Baldwin of Ford Dom Joseph Delargy, Abbot of Mt St Bernard’s Book Reviews: Sermons Preached on Various DHG Occasions John Henry Newman; Humanae Vitae – Forty Years On DDR
PB 147: New Year 2009
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Dom Drostan Nunan 1926-2008 DHG Diamond Jubilee Dom Camillus Warner Kinloss Abbey DBH Book Reviews: Appreciating the Collect; DTC The Oblate Life Duncan Notker McGibbon, Obl OSB Year of St Paul – St Valerian The Native Tradition 12: Abbot John of Forde Dom Hilary Costello, OCSO, monk of Mt St Bernard’s
PB 148: Spring 2009
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Ludovico Barbo I DAF The Native Tradition 13: The Ancrene Wisse DFB Book Reviews: Listen to the Word; DTC To Heal the Broken-Hearted DFB From Prayer to St Paul – St Anselm
PB 149: Autumn 2009
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Ludovico Barbo II DAF Till We have build Jerusalem DBK Benedictine Juniors in Rome DAM The Native Tradition 14: Dun Scotus I Fr William Russell, White Father
PB 150: Winter 2009
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Requiem Homily for Fr Camillus Fr Abbot A Visit to the Monasteries of Romania DAF The Symposium on Scottish Sacred Music DBH The Native Tradition 14: Dun Scotus II Fr William Russell, White Father
PB 151: Spring 2010
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Impressions of Vietnam I DTC Impressions of Vietnam II DHG Helen Grant 1933-2009 DHG The Native Tradition 15: Richard of St Victor DGP 2010 Pluscarden Pentecost Lectures
PB 152: Summer 2010
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Chant Forum DBH Monastery of the Picts ECG Juniors’ Meeting DAM The Native Tradition 16: Robert Grosseteste & Fr Philippe Yates OFM, Canterbury the Oxford Franciscan School New Books in the Library DMJ
PB 153: Autumn 2010
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC The Papal Visit DMS, DBH, DDM, DSP Oblate Weekend DMB The School of Genius Desmond Avery Visit of Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche DCB The Native Tradition 16: Robert Grosseteste II Fr Philippe Yates OFM, Canterbury
PB 154: Spring 2011
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Hugh From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Blessed John Henry and Elginshire DHG & DAM The Native Tradition 17: Richard Rolle DGP 2011 Pluscarden Pentecost Lectures Book Reviews: Monasteries and the Reformation DAM in Scotland; Words and the Word DHG
PB 155: Autumn 2011
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Loss and Gain DBH, DMB, DAM On St Hugh of Lincoln DHG Bishop Hugh’s Ordination Address Bishop Hugh Gilbert OS Abbot Anselm DBK & DIC; DGP (Petersham), MME, DAM, DMB In Memoriam Abbot Alfred DHG New Music for the Mass DMdeK First Pastoral Letter Bishop Hugh Gilbert OSB
PB 156: Christmas 2011
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC The Rite of Blessing DBH Homily for the Abbatial Blessing Bishop Hugh Pilgrimage to Fatima DFB The Native Tradition 18: Walter Hilton Sr Mary Michael, Community of the Holy Cross, Loughborough Juniors’ Conference DJC New Books in the Library DMJ
PB 157: Lent 2012
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Lectio Divina DBK The New Timetable DBH The Lay Priors of Pluscarden Sir Malcolm Innes The 2012 Pluscarden Pentecost Lectures The Presence of God in Gregorian Chant Dom Xavier Perrin (trans. DBH) The Native Tradition 19: Julian of Norwich DFB New Books in the Library DMJ
PB 158: Pentecost 2012
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Lectio Divina DAA Beatification of M. Columba Gabriel OSB DIC “Simply Write a Petition before Witnesses” DMB 18 Months at Pluscarden Br Antony Buaful OSB Book Review: Techniques of Icon and Wall DCB Painting
PB 159: Autumn 2012
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC “Listen readily to Holy Reading” DPL Thanksgiving to God & Thanks to Everyone Fr Peter Tu Viet Tan Le OSB “Simply Write a Petition before Witnesses” BJLH Book Review: Pope Benedict XVI & the Liturgy DDR
PB 160: Advent 2012
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm Golden Jubilee of Fr Matthew DMS St Mary’s Monastery at 25 DGP Listen Readily to Holy Reading Medi Ann Volpe Ayres Homily for end Oblate Weekend DMB Learning from Experience: Papal Elections & the Scottish Kingship William Russell and Bede Kierney Book Reviews DJC & DBH
PB 161: Spring 2013
R Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Listen Readily to Holy Reading Sr Laurentia Johns SB, Stanbrook Abbey Cat and Monk DGC The Caldey Story in Stone ECG Caldey Centenary Homily Bishop Hugh Gilbert OSB Not to be fond of frequent or boisterous laughter Dom Christophe Vuillaume Fr Mark: A Bookbinding Stay in Slangenburg DMS A book from the library DMJ 2013 Pluscarden Pentecost Lectures
PB 162: Summer 2013
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals Talk on Judaism by Aviva Shafritz DIC Listen Readily to Holy Reading DK Diamond Jubilee of Dom Adrian ECG From the Archives DAW Newman and the Benedictines Philip Zaleski Our Woman in Rome Caroline Coate Death at None DDM Book Review The Book of the Elders DCB
PB 163: Autumn 2013
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIV The Really Good Shepherd Michael Boover Pilgrimage to Iona DJC Homily for 25th Anniversary of von Balthasar Fr Raymond Gawronski SJ The Battle of Flodden DMJ Story of a Vocation Fr James Flynn CSSp Voices of Angels DSP
PB 164: Advent 2013
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm St Mary’s Monastery Silver Jubilee DDR A Miracle on Caldey Island Philip Zaleski Oblate Pilgrimage to Caldey Fr Aelred Baker OSB Homily at “Spud” Thomson’s Funeral DGC Listen Readily to Holy Reading Sr Imelda Ann DuPois OP Louder than Thunder – St Joseph DMM Book Review The Many Sides of Peace Michael Boover
PB 165: Lent 2014
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC “An Impossibility” Caitlin Crowley “As constant as the seasons” Katherine Brafford (Augsburg College) “How I never became a monk of Pluscarden” Fr Fergus Kerr OP Pluscarden Pentecost Lectures 2014 Book Reviews DBK
PB 166: Pentecost 2014
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Br Joseph’s Solemn Profession Fr Abbot Listen Readily to Holy Reading DMS St Andrews Catholic Society Retreat Tom Longano Listening and Obedience: Oblate Retreat Book Review Conscience in Context ECG
PB 167: Autumn 2014
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Pentecost Lectures – A Reflection DSP Beatified Martyrs of Montserrat DGC Spem in Alium ECG Course on the Psalms Sr Barbara Claire Kelly SBVM Book Reviews DCP; DJC
PB 168: Advent 2014
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Homily for Br Simon’s Solemn Profession Fr Abbot Letter from Ghana DMS Benedicamus Domino DGP Book Review The Tale of Quisquis
PB 169: Lent 2015
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm Restoration of the Monastery South Range DMdeK From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Recent Local Events near Kristo Buase Br John of the Cross Aworah Our Experience at Pluscarden Abbey Sean Deighan Listen Readily to Holy Reading DMM Book Reviews ECG The 2015 Pluscarden Pentecost Lectures
PB 170: Pentecost 2015
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Homily for Easter Sunday Fr Abbot Pluscarden Abbey Coat of Arms DMS St Benedict Today DMS An American Visit to Elgin Market Listen Readily to Holy Reading ECG A Visit to Kindstanding Sr Barbara Claire SBVM Book Review Commentary on Exodus DBK
PB 171: September 2015
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Pilgrimage for St John Ogilvie DGC O Blood and Water! – Divine Mercy Image DMM The 2015 Pluscarden Pentecost Lectures DSP What is a Benedictine? DTC Book Review DMM
PB 172: Advent 2015
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Homily for Rededication Mass Bishop Hugh Provincial Chapter 2015 DSP The Thurible of Reinarus DBH The Rich Young Man in Mark DMS Fired with Success DGC Book Review DMJ
PB 173: Lent 2016
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Church Recording Team Marion Yool Pluscarden Abbey Church Re-Dedication DGC Visitor from Australia Year of Mercy Dr Sebastian Brock “For then they are truly monks…” DTC God’s Grandeur is Divine Mercy DJC Book Review DGC PB 174: Summer 2016
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC A Ghana Diary Pt I DGC Glasgow University Catholic Association M. Kearns Newman on Vatican II (Fr Ian Ker) Homily for Divine Mercy Sunday DGC Edinburgh Cathedral Young Adult Retreat V. Stephens Dundee University Young Adult Retreat S. A. Morton Book Review
PB 175: Autumn 2016
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC On-Going Formation Workshop DSP Doors of Mercy SMEW Homily on Fire Where’s St Berno? DTC St Columba of Iona DMS “What are you doing here, Elijah? DMH Why Latin? Having Mass Celebrated
PB 176: Advent 2016
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Kristo Buase Priory DAB Farewell to Pluscarden Br Joseph Eymard Our Martyrology DGC Monastic Experience Weekend David MacTaggart From Burgundy to Pluscarden DMdeK The Native Tradition DHG Dual Carriageway through Pluscarden Piano Recital at Brodie Monastic Retreat
PB 177: Lent 2017
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm News from St Mary’s DIC Fifty Years Ago: Golden Jubilee of Independence Abbot Anselm et al Dom Meinrad Gibson O.S.B. Homily for Br Meinrad’s Requiem Mass Bishop Hugh Meditating on Mission Fr John Kirwan MHM Obl. OSB The Cloud of Unknowing Alan James OBl. OSB Review of Books Received DBH; Eileen Clare Grant Obl. OSB
PB 178: Pentecost 2017
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Holy Week Retreat Visitation Lesterpearson St John Fisher DBH St Hildegard of Bingen Pope Benedict XVI Book Reviews DGP Hymn to Respect St Cecilia’s, Ryde
PB 179: Autumn 2017
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Experience of a Lifetime DCB Rupert of Deutz Pope Benedict XVI David Jones & Caldey Monks Alan James Book Read DBH
PB 180: Advent 2017
A Message from the Community Homily for All Saints Funeral of Dom Adrian Bishop Hugh News from St Mary’s DIC Chant Forum 2017 Sr MT, St Cecilia’s Icon Notes M.M. Guerreiro Gnosis & the Theocrats from Mars DSP Book Review DCB
BP 181: Lent 2018
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Four Cathedrals of Moray 1 DMS Thiên An Monastery Br Nguyen Binh Thuong A Cup of Water Fr Bill Anderson
PB 182: Pentecost 2018 (50th Ann. Ed.)
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Prior Alfred’s First Letter Prior Alfred 50 Years of Pluscarden Benedictines Assistant Editor Holy Week at Pluscarden Katherine Bale Caldey and Marmion DGC Four Cathedrals of Moray 2 DMS Read in the Refectory DBH
PB 183: Autumn 2018
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Aberdeen Diocesan Pilgrimage Caldey and Marmion cont. DGC Four Cathedrals of Moray 3 DMS More Benedictine Martyrs DGC Pentecost Lectures 2018 DSP Read in the Refectory DBH
PB 184: Advent 2018
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Safeguarding Policy Statement Community Outing Oblates Retreat 2018 An Oblate Four Cathedrals of Moray 4 DMS Cardinal Sarah on Liturgy Defeat into Victory DMdeK Homily for Sunday 30B DBH New CD Review Sr Bernadette Byrne OSB Book Reviews DBK; Bryan Miller
PB 185: Lent 2019
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Nigerian Visitations DBH Ave Regina Caelorum DBH The Fetternear Banner Eileen Clare Grant Srs Mary Vianney & Mary Oliver Sr Moira Keane RSM Book Review DJC CD Reviews Sr Margaret Truran OSB; Fr Guy Nichols, Cong. Orat. PB 186: Pentecost 2019
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Holy Week Experience Hanna DCamp Bishop George Hay Alasdair Roberts A Classic Revisited Br B-JM Books Received DBH; An Oblate CD Review Christopher Francis Why I am a Catholic G. K. Chesterton
PB 187: September 2019
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Diocesan Pilgrimage Our Lady of Aberdeen An Oblate Beauty will save the World Br Benedict-Joseph Chant Forum 2019 DBH Philip Trower Obituary Faith in the North Sr Anna Christi Handbook for Oblates Eileen Clare Grant Book Review
PB 188: Advent 2019
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC St Thérèse at Pluscarden Provincial Chapter DGC A Canonisation Bishop Hugh More Nigerian Adventures DBH Finding the Comfort in Carrion Comfort Br B-JM Community Outing to Stratherrick Patience An Oblate Book Reviews Br B-JM; Eileen Clare Grant
PB 189: Lent 2020
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Fifty Years On DGC King Alexander II Eileen Clare Grant Grace like a Bullet in the Gut Br B-JM Guestmasters’ Conference DGC Books Received DBH
PB 190: Pentecost 2020
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC The Holiness of God DAA Montrose and Pluscardine An Oblate Some Effects of a 14th Century Pandemic Daniel McLean Importance of Fancy and Fantasy for Christianity Br B-JM Flying Frogs at Pluscarden Abbot Benedict Arbuthnot of Regensburg Eileen Clare Grant Books Received DGC; Fr Nicholas Paxton
PB 191: September 2020
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Feast of St Benedict DBH The St Benedict Vestment DBH The Name of Pluscarden Alan James Beauly and Ardchattan Eileen Clare Grant The Pluscarden Pentecost Lectures List Book Review: The Mystery of Music DBH Encounter Sr Mary Stephen OSB
PB 192: Advent 2020
Fr Abbot’s Letter Abbot Anselm From the Annals News from St Mary’s DIC Fr Martin’s Silver Jubilee of Profession Fr Abbot The Pluscarden Arms DGC Sr Benedict’s Silver Jubilee of Ordination DBH The Angel Icons Maria Manuela Guerreiro The True Vine Vestment DBH Dickens’s “Catholic” Carol Br B-JM Autumn at Pluscarden Pluscarden 1230 Pilgrimage Phillip C. Adamo